security.txt

security.txt

Displays the security.txt and humans.txt files for a website if available.

What is security.txt?
security.txt is a browser extension that allows you to view a website's security.txt and humans.txt files. security.txt is a proposed standard for defining security policies, helpful for responsible vulnerability disclosure. humans.txt provides human-readable information about website authors.
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Users: 225 ▼ -14
Rating: 1.00 (1)
Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2022-06-02)
Creation date: 2020-07-04
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://*/.well-known/security.txt
  • http://*/security.txt
  • http://*/humans.txt
  • https://*/.well-known/security.txt
  • https://*/security.txt
  • https://*/humans.txt
  • tabs
  • storage
Size: 271.36K
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Summary
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security.txt is a browser extension for viewing a site's security.txt and humans.txt file.

How does it work?

As you browse the web and navigate to different websites, the browser extension checks the website to see if it supports either type of file. If it does, an icon is shown in the URL bar. You can click this icon to view more details about the text files that were located.

What is security.txt?

security.txt is a proposed standard that provides a means for websites and software authors to define their security policies. This is useful to security researchers or anyone who would like to responsibly disclose a vulnerability to the owners of the website or software. You can view our security.txt file as an example.

What is humans.txt?

humans.txt is a less formal initiative for providing human-readable information about the authors of the website. You can view our humans.txt file as an example.

User reviews
Funktioniert nur sehr eingeschränkt.
by Gordon Shumway Gordon Shumway, 2024-04-04
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Safety
Risk impact

security.txt is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install security.txt if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

security.txt has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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